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Epic Games have confirmed a Linux version of their store is not on the roadmap
31 Dec 2018 at 3:40 am UTC Likes: 1
Valve does some things out of conviction, I think. Especially in the Linux environment. This is certainly also due to the fact that Valve gives people a lot of freedom and lets them work on things they really like.
31 Dec 2018 at 3:40 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: LeerdeckI've suspected the same thing for a long time. However, porting games to a render farm is certainly something other than supporting the Linux desktop. Officially, Valve supports Ubuntu and Kubuntu. Bug reports for Proton can be submitted for any distribution.Quoting: Whitewolfe80Valve really does have Linux on lockdown doesnt it, look Lutris adding support for gog means i am more likely to pickup more games from gog. It would appear nobody is willing to bet on linux with the exception of Valve who are only investing in linux as a long term stratergy in case MS tries to lock down the next version of windows (well even more then now). I appear to be that guy that is actually concerned everyone else seem to be on the valve are the saviours of linux gaming. My biggest concern is valve looks at its balance sheet and goes well our investment is linux isnt panning out and gabe just going okay kill it.Let's be real here. Valve doesn't support Linux because they believe that the year of the Linux desktop is coming. Nobody does that. Valve does this because of cloud-streaming gaming that someday in the far future will be a available alternative. Because if you run a big server farm you don't want use Windows licenses. Every major publisher will someday port their games to Linux but only for their own server farms. Valve will not stop supporting Linux infrastructure because they don't really care about Linux desktop end users. That we profit from it is just a really nice side effect and we provide test results + bug reports.
Valve does some things out of conviction, I think. Especially in the Linux environment. This is certainly also due to the fact that Valve gives people a lot of freedom and lets them work on things they really like.
Epic Games have confirmed a Linux version of their store is not on the roadmap
30 Dec 2018 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 4
30 Dec 2018 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: kuhpunkthttps://twitter.com/flibitijibibo/status/1073377254569320448 [External Link]It's a paradox to read that from a Valve employee. But we all know that he is somehow right. On Steam, DRM never bothered me because I felt respected as a customer. Just something like "Family View" might have prevented millions of pirated copies.
Epic Games have confirmed a Linux version of their store is not on the roadmap
30 Dec 2018 at 2:44 pm UTC Likes: 1
Valve is not listed on the stock exchange. They have a lot of money, but big companies like Tencent have a lot more. Valve has already ruled by lowering prices for top sellers. Epic can be much more generous:
https://www.pcgamer.com/epics-tim-sweeney-reveals-how-the-company-lands-exclusives-for-the-epic-store/ [External Link]
30 Dec 2018 at 2:44 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: GuestWhy would anyone care about a new gaming store? They won't be able to compete with steam anyway. And for us - linux gamers - epic doesn't exist.You can't take it lightly because of Tencent. What if, for example, games like RDR2 appear exclusively in the Epic Store in the future? That can grow into a competition. And yes, we no longer play a role in the Epic Store. Right now it's all on Steam and if RDR2 will be released there, we could probably play it on Proton at some point.
Valve is not listed on the stock exchange. They have a lot of money, but big companies like Tencent have a lot more. Valve has already ruled by lowering prices for top sellers. Epic can be much more generous:
https://www.pcgamer.com/epics-tim-sweeney-reveals-how-the-company-lands-exclusives-for-the-epic-store/ [External Link]
Epic Games have confirmed a Linux version of their store is not on the roadmap
30 Dec 2018 at 2:27 pm UTC Likes: 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_platform [External Link]
One should not forget that Linux has only a very small user base. The fact that Valve as a large publisher supports Linux so intensively is something special. Just as Valve is perhaps something special.
Linux is very dominant in the server sector. But if you thought that Epic would be the big breakthrough for the Linux-Desktop, you are mistaken. Epic and Tencent follow a completely different philosophy than we do. Things should be open to them, not open to others (for example their customers). That's the small but subtle difference when Sweeney speaks of "open".
And Epic also has no problem with closed platforms. Otherwise they wouldn't have released Fortnite on PS4. Epic is all about money. Directly and quite bluntly. They don't want to explore anything like Valve. They just want to use the research results when the money comes. :)
Also Fortnite itself is in large parts nothing else than a new edition of TF2. They copied the gameplay of PUBG and mixed it with the style of TF2. Tencent is a large Chinese company. What can we expect? Copying, copying, copying, from all who are open to it. ;)
There is a lot of controversy about the dances. Interesting that Valve (as always) has nothing to say about it. But have a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munG3VIye6s [External Link]
Epic makes a good game engine. Nothing more to say.
30 Dec 2018 at 2:27 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: NeverthelessHere's Tim Sweeneys definition of "Open Platform" and "Open System".The definition is correct and also corresponds to Wikipedia:
https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1078746920082903040 [External Link]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_platform [External Link]
One should not forget that Linux has only a very small user base. The fact that Valve as a large publisher supports Linux so intensively is something special. Just as Valve is perhaps something special.
Linux is very dominant in the server sector. But if you thought that Epic would be the big breakthrough for the Linux-Desktop, you are mistaken. Epic and Tencent follow a completely different philosophy than we do. Things should be open to them, not open to others (for example their customers). That's the small but subtle difference when Sweeney speaks of "open".
And Epic also has no problem with closed platforms. Otherwise they wouldn't have released Fortnite on PS4. Epic is all about money. Directly and quite bluntly. They don't want to explore anything like Valve. They just want to use the research results when the money comes. :)
Also Fortnite itself is in large parts nothing else than a new edition of TF2. They copied the gameplay of PUBG and mixed it with the style of TF2. Tencent is a large Chinese company. What can we expect? Copying, copying, copying, from all who are open to it. ;)
There is a lot of controversy about the dances. Interesting that Valve (as always) has nothing to say about it. But have a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munG3VIye6s [External Link]
Epic makes a good game engine. Nothing more to say.
Wine not! The Wine 4.0 RC4 release bottle has been opened and is ready to serve
29 Dec 2018 at 2:47 pm UTC Likes: 3
29 Dec 2018 at 2:47 pm UTC Likes: 3
Recap: Last year at this time of year, Wine Staging was broken. At the same time Wine 3.0 was missing an important patch for Doom. Meanwhile Doom is officially supported by Steam via Proton. In the past year a lot has happened around Wine. :)
Valve have some serious competition, with the Epic Games Store being announced
4 Dec 2018 at 9:53 pm UTC Likes: 2
4 Dec 2018 at 9:53 pm UTC Likes: 2
So Epic might allow us to give them our money? <3
I hope they bring Fortnite for Linux. Especially kids like that. Canadian children, too.
I hope they bring Fortnite for Linux. Especially kids like that. Canadian children, too.
Google's game streaming platform Project Stream is built on Linux and Vulkan
2 Dec 2018 at 1:52 pm UTC Likes: 2
2 Dec 2018 at 1:52 pm UTC Likes: 2
As I've often written here. I think streaming is the deeper reason why Valve is into Linux. Valves streaming platform will be called Steam Play. Maybe they will cooperate with Google. Similar to Netflix and Amazon. Maybe they already do in the background.
Unfortunately, Valve is the only big publisher that also has a real heart for the Linux desktop. Fortunately, they own the biggest marketplace for PC games.
Unfortunately, Valve is the only big publisher that also has a real heart for the Linux desktop. Fortunately, they own the biggest marketplace for PC games.
MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame, some thoughts on the Linux version
28 Nov 2018 at 3:10 pm UTC
https://lutris.net/games/mxgp3-the-official-motocross-videogame/ [External Link]
It would be more than helpful if you could tell Proton not to use the native Linux build of a particular game. There are just too many bad ports. Not least thanks to Apple and their outdated OpenGL version, which many porters stick to when porting to Linux and MacOS.
Meanwhile it would certainly be better in many cases if the porters would simply use DXVK instead of their self-written OpenGL rendering processes. Or support official Proton. There are a number of excellent OpenGL ports. But unfortunately also a lot of dysfunctional garbage, missing features and and eternal bugs. For example Ark will probably never see a clean Linux port.
28 Nov 2018 at 3:10 pm UTC
Quoting: rick4003dddThanks,Yes, Lutris is the easiest. But MXGP3 doesn't have an installer yet.
i have seen this video days ago but i don't undestrand how to install this game with DXVK.
I have to use lutris? any help?
https://lutris.net/games/mxgp3-the-official-motocross-videogame/ [External Link]
It would be more than helpful if you could tell Proton not to use the native Linux build of a particular game. There are just too many bad ports. Not least thanks to Apple and their outdated OpenGL version, which many porters stick to when porting to Linux and MacOS.
Meanwhile it would certainly be better in many cases if the porters would simply use DXVK instead of their self-written OpenGL rendering processes. Or support official Proton. There are a number of excellent OpenGL ports. But unfortunately also a lot of dysfunctional garbage, missing features and and eternal bugs. For example Ark will probably never see a clean Linux port.
MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame has been released for Linux
22 Nov 2018 at 11:04 pm UTC
22 Nov 2018 at 11:04 pm UTC
Quoting: XpanderDoesn't work for me sadly :(Thanks for testing. Let's see if it can be fixed quickly.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/561600/discussions/0/1741100729952845904/ [External Link]
Valve's card game Artifact is running very well on Linux, releasing next week
19 Nov 2018 at 10:47 pm UTC Likes: 1
19 Nov 2018 at 10:47 pm UTC Likes: 1
Can you play it with children or is it too complicated for that? The little dragons should please children very well.